Food and the city: New York's professional chefs, restaurateurs, line cooks, street vendors, and purveyos talk about what they do and why they do it

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pt. 1. Starting from scratch -- Dominique Ansel : Dominique Ansel Bakery -- Noe Baltazar : Buena Vista Tortillas -- Sam Solasz : Master Purveyors -- Jelena Pasic : Harlem Shake -- Sammy Anastasiou : City Diner -- Lauren Clark : Sucre Mort Pralines -- Alvin Lee Smalls : Lee Lee's Baked Goods -- Mohamed Abouelenein : The Halal Guys -- pt. 2. Duck and other dynasties -- Wilson Tang : Nom Wah Tea Parlor -- Douglas Corwin : Crescent Duck Farm -- Palma Denino : Denino's Pizzeria and Tavern -- Michael Burke : Denino's Pizzeria and Tavern -- Bobby Weiss : Blue Ribbon Fish Company -- Amy Rubenstein : Peter Luger Steak House -- David Fox : Fox's U-bet -- Alexander Poulos : Paypaya King -- pt. 3. Taking the heat -- MacKenzie Arrington : Momofuku Mâ Pêche -- Luis "The Mexican Menace" Iglesias : Grand Central Oyster Bar -- Jesus Albino "Albi" Chauca : The Four Seasons -- Carmen Melendez : Tom Cat Bakery -- Guyo Pinyo Ketavanan : The Four Seasons -- Justo Thomas : Le Bernardin -- pt. 4 Romans à chef -- Patrick Collins : The Dutch -- Sandy Ingber : Grand Central Oyster Bar -- Ghaya Oliveira : Daniel -- John Greeley : The "21" Club -- Toni Robertson : Mandarin Oriental -- Jeb Burke : News Corporation -- Luísa Fernandes : Robert -- pt. 5. The party line -- Chris Edmonds : The Pierre Hotel -- Lulu Powers : Bicoastal "entertainologist" -- Burt Levanthal : Newman & Leventhal Kosher Caterers -- Sylvia Weinstock : Sylvia Weinstock Cakes -- pt. 6. Front of the house -- Ed Schoenfeld : RedFarm -- Miriam Tsionov : Cheburechnaya -- Jonathan Parilla : Cafeteria -- David McQueen : Gramercy Tavern -- Alexander Smalls : The Cecil -- Nino Esposito : Sette Mezzo -- pt. 7. Pairings -- Alessandro Borgognone and Daisuke Nakazawa : Sushi Nakazawa -- Connie McDonald and Pam Weekes : Levain Bakery -- Bryce Shuman and Eamon Rockey : Betony -- pt. 8. Crowd feeding -- Paulette Johnson : New York City Department of Correction, Rikers Island -- Jojo Esposito : Rescue Company 5, Staten Island -- Stacy Adler : Y-Cats Craft Service -- pt. 9. Counter culture -- Lenny Berk : Zabar's -- Chris Borgatti : Borgatti's Ravioli & Egg Noodles -- Alan Tony Schatz : Schatzie the Butcher -- Rob Kaufelt : Murray's Cheese -- Charlie Sahadi : Sahadi's -- Afterword -- The kitchen brigade.;"An unprecedented behind-the-scenes tour of New York City's dynamic food culture, as told through the voices of the chefs, line cooks, restaurateurs, waiters, and street vendors who have made this industry their lives. In Food and the City, Ina Yalof takes us on an insider's journey into New York's pulsating food scene alongside the men and women who call it home. Dominique Ansel declares what great good fortune led him to make the first cronut. Lenny Berk explains why Woody Allen's mother would allow only him to slice her lox at Zabar's. Ghaya Oliveira, who came to New York as a young Tunisian stockbroker, opens up about her hardscrabble yet swift trajectory from dishwasher to executive pastry chef at Daniel. Restaurateur Eddie Schoenfeld describes his journey from Nice Jewish Boy from Brooklyn to New York's Indisputable Chinese Food Maven. From old-schoolers such as David Fox, third-generation owner of Fox's U-bet syrup, and the outspoken Upper West Side butcher "Schatzie," to new kids on the block including Patrick Collins, sous chef at The Dutch, and Brooklyn artisan Lauren Clark of Sucre Mort Pralines, Food and the City is a fascinating oral history with an unforgettable gallery of New Yorkers who embody the heart and soul of a culinary metropolis"-- pt. 1. Starting from scratch -- Dominique Ansel : Dominique Ansel Bakery -- Noe Baltazar : Buena Vista Tortillas -- Sam Solasz : Master Purveyors -- Jelena Pasic : Harlem Shake -- Sammy Anastasiou : City Diner -- Lauren Clark : Sucre Mort Pralines -- Alvin Lee Smalls : Lee Lee's Baked Goods -- Mohamed Abouelenein : The Halal Guys -- pt. 2. Duck and other dynasties -- Wilson Tang : Nom Wah Tea Parlor -- Douglas Corwin : Crescent Duck Farm -- Palma Denino : Denino's Pizzeria and Tavern -- Michael Burke : Denino's Pizzeria and Tavern -- Bobby Weiss : Blue Ribbon Fish Company -- Amy Rubenstein : Peter Luger Steak House -- David Fox : Fox's U-bet -- Alexander Poulos : Paypaya King -- pt. 3. Taking the heat -- MacKenzie Arrington : Momofuku Mâ Pêche -- Luis "The Mexican Menace" Iglesias : Grand Central Oyster Bar -- Jesus Albino "Albi" Chauca : The Four Seasons -- Carmen Melendez : Tom Cat Bakery -- Guyo Pinyo Ketavanan : The Four Seasons -- Justo Thomas : Le Bernardin -- pt. 4 Romans à chef -- Patrick Collins : The Dutch -- Sandy Ingber : Grand Central Oyster Bar -- Ghaya Oliveira : Daniel -- John Greeley : The "21" Club -- Toni Robertson : Mandarin Oriental -- Jeb Burke : News Corporation -- Luísa Fernandes : Robert -- pt. 5. The party line -- Chris Edmonds : The Pierre Hotel -- Lulu Powers : Bicoastal "entertainologist" -- Burt Levanthal : Newman & Leventhal Kosher Caterers -- Sylvia Weinstock : Sylvia Weinstock Cakes -- pt. 6. Front of the house -- Ed Schoenfeld : RedFarm -- Miriam Tsionov : Cheburechnaya -- Jonathan Parilla : Cafeteria -- David McQueen : Gramercy Tavern -- Alexander Smalls : The Cecil -- Nino Esposito : Sette Mezzo -- pt. 7. Pairings -- Alessandro Borgognone and Daisuke Nakazawa : Sushi Nakazawa -- Connie McDonald and Pam Weekes : Levain Bakery -- Bryce Shuman and Eamon Rockey : Betony -- pt. 8. Crowd feeding -- Paulette Johnson : New York City Department of Correction, Rikers Island -- Jojo Esposito : Rescue Company 5, Staten Island -- Stacy Adler : Y-Cats Craft Service -- pt. 9. Counter culture -- Lenny Berk : Zabar's -- Chris Borgatti : Borgatti's Ravioli & Egg Noodles -- Alan Tony Schatz : Schatzie the Butcher -- Rob Kaufelt : Murray's Cheese -- Charlie Sahadi : Sahadi's -- Afterword -- The kitchen brigade.